Dubai becomes first 100% paperless country in the World, says Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan

Establishing itself as a leading digital capital, Dubai has become the world’s first paperless government, announced Emirate’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The emirate has achieved the objectives of the ‘Dubai Paperless Strategy’, which was launched in 2018, added Sheikh Hamdan. Across the whole government, Dubai has saved around 1.3 billion Dirham (USD 350 million) and 14-million-man hours due to this initiative. In a statement on Saturday, the emirate’s crown prince, said, “The achievement of this target marks the beginning of a new stage in Dubai’s journey to digitise life in all its aspects a journey rooted in innovation, creativity and a focus on the future.” With the help of this initiative, collaboration and integration among participating entities enabled the automation of processes and services provided to customers, cutting paper consumption by over 336 million papers.